tderoeck (22711) reviewed Tim's IPA from Big Spruce Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
8/II/25 - 1Pt. can @ home, BB: n/a, produced: III/7/24, 1163B, 1164B (2025-127) Thanks to Thomas VP for sharing the can!
Little cloudy orange beer, creamy off-white head, stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. Aroma: very floral, soapy, a bit piny, some citrus, grapefruit, resinous notes. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: pretty bitter up front, resinous, floral, a bit soapy, more resinous hops. Aftertaste: pretty resinous, bitter, a bit medicinal, hoppy.
mcberko (47456) reviewed ¿Qué Onda? from Big Spruce Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
473mL can, pours a cloudy golden with a small white head. Aroma has tequila barrels, orange piths, and some wheatiness. Flavour is full of pithy orange juice, tequila barrels, and a touch of salt. A bit murky and pithy, but nice tequila character.
Oakes (33493) reviewed ¿Qué Onda? from Big Spruce Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Hazy, pale. No head. Light tequila accent, some citrus, wheaty, light tartness. Salty. Decent.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed ¿Qué Onda? from Big Spruce Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
473mL can. Pours murky yellow with a white head. Saline, citrus, and some tequila on the nose. Flavour has citrus, salt, and tequila in reasonable balance.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Something Sophisticated from Big Spruce Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy and pale, with a thick head. There's a nice brett aroma to this, dried flowers, and a bit of orange peel. Very dry, lean body, again the dried flowers, and peppery accents. Ok, this really hits. It's a bit too lean for me, but this works.
Lubiere (24459) reviewed Kobzar - Rum Barrel Aged from Big Spruce Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
A red copper brown ale with a very thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet chocolate malt with loads of Rum barrel, alcohol warmth, light vanilla, pleasant. In mouth, a nice chocolate malt peated notes, rum barrel, light coffee, light vanilla, pleasant.
radagast83 (13490) reviewed Blursday from Big Spruce Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Poured a slightly hazy yellow-orange color with a fluffy white head. Aroma as pleasant citrus, some light green onion. Juicy, hazy. Enjoyable stuff.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
[2021 vintage] Pours dark brown with small beige head. Roast, caramel malts, and whiskey barrels on the nose. Flavour has whiskey, dry barrels, fairly toned down malts, some boozy heat on the finish. Rather thin-bodied.
RennyDoig (4553) reviewed Saint James from Big Spruce Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
[2018 vintage?] 650mL bottle. Pours black with no head. Whiskey, gentle malts, and dried fruit on the nose. Flavour has roasted malts, tart dried plums, plenty of hot whiskey throughout, especially on the finish. Some oxidation. A bit thin on the palate.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
[2021 vintage] 330mL bottle. Pours deep dark brown with small beige head. Aroma has a bunch of rye barrels up front with dark malts underneath. Flavour has a ton of rye barrels, well-integrated into the base stout, gentle smokiness. Not super complex, but still very enjoyable BA stout.